Present Simple and Present Continuous Tenses - 5 Levels of Difficulty

Here’s how this lesson works.
There are five levels. Each level is more difficult than the previous one.
Level one is beginner. Levels two to four are intermediate. Level five is high intermediate to advanced.

Contents:
Introduction 00:00 - 01:00
Level 1 01:00 - 02:12
Level 2 02:12 - 03:34
Level 3 03:34 - 06:48
Level 4 06:48 - 10:54
Level 5 10:54

This lesson will help you:
- Improve your understanding of the differences between the present simple and present continuous tenses.
- Learn how to form the present simple and present continuous tenses properly.
- Understand the meaning of the present simple and present continuous in a sentence.
- See which verbs are usually not used in the present continuous tense.
- Get examples of possible situations when you can use both the present simple and present continuous.
- Learn how to tell stories or explain habits using the present simple and present continuous tenses.

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[deasyifa]

Hi, I would like to review what the video is about.

You mentioned that we use the present simple for something that happens permanently and we use the present continuous for something that happens temporarily.

In one of your questions, it says "I'm playing tennis every Friday"
Every + time is an adverb of frequency. We can use it with the present continuous, but why can we not use it with adverbs of frequency like "Usually, often, sometimes"
Why is it like this ?
Why it's not possible to say " I'm often talking to her" but it's possible to say " I'm talking to her every day".
Aren't 'every day' and 'often' the same ? Both of them are adverbs of frequency.

I'm perplexed, because it's possible to use with "every day, every Friday", but it's not possible to use with "often, seldom, usually". Because 'every day' and 'often, sometimes' are the same because those are Adverbs of frequency

Could you explain why in more detail ? This is one of the grammar topics that English teachers rarely explain. Thank you for your effort.